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Leadership Begins With Self: Unlocking Personal Leadership – Part 14
"If you don’t behave as you believe you will end up believing as you behave." – Fulton J. Sheen. The Power Of Personal Responsibility Over the past thirteen weeks, we’ve discovered powerful lessons from cultivating self-discipline and the importance of daily...
Leadership Begins With Self: Unlocking Personal Leadership – Part 13.
"Whenever you feel compelled to put others first at the expense of yourself, you are denying your own reality." – David Stafford. Leadership Is Not Achieved In A Day — It Is Daily Work! “What we do once in a while doesn’t define us. It’s what we do every single...
Leadership Begins With Self: Unlocking Personal Leadership – Part 12
"Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action." – Peter Drucker. Reflect And Realign Regularly: Turning Experiences Into Insights! We live in a fast-paced world that often praises action over thought....
Leadership Begins With Self: Unlocking Personal Leadership – Part 11
"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself." – Henry Ward Beecher. Act With Accountability: Unlocking Personal Leadership Through Responsibility “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my...
Leadership Begins With Self: Unlocking Personal Leadership – Part 10
"Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.” – Albert Einstein. Learning Continuously Must Lead To Action: The Missing Link in Personal Leadership “Success is something you attract by the person you become.” – Jim Rohn. Last week, we...
Leadership Begins With Self: Unlocking Personal Leadership – Part 9
"Change is the end result of all true learning” - Leo Buscaglia. Learning Continuously: The Leadership Lesson Jim Rohn Lived “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” — Jim Rohn. When we talk about personal leadership, there’s...
Leadership Begins With Self: Unlocking Personal Leadership – Part 8
"Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all" — President George Washington. Exercising Self-Discipline: The Power of Personal Transformation On a bitter November morning in Cleveland, Ohio,...
Leadership Begins With Self: Unlocking Personal Leadership – Part 7
"Listening is about being present, not just about being quiet." – Krista Tippett. The Power Of Listening: The Leader’s Secret Weapon [Part B] True leadership always starts with personal leadership, and nothing accelerates that like mastering the art of deep, attentive...
Leadership Begins With Self: Unlocking Personal Leadership – Part 6
"The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear." – Maya Angelou. The Power Of Listening: The Leader’s Secret Weapon [Part A] Imagine being President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War—burdened, overwhelmed, and needing someone to...
Leadership Begins With Self: Unlocking Personal Leadership – Part 5
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader." – John Quincy Adams. THE POWER OF SELF-DISCIPLINE It was just another day at the barbershop—my usual refuge for a quick trim, a good laugh, and sometimes, a moment...
Leadership Begins With Self: Unlocking Personal Leadership – Part 4
"Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing." — Albert Schweitzer. THE POWER OF PERSONAL EXAMPLE During the 1930s, a young boy was utterly obsessed with eating a lot of sugar. His mother was terribly upset about this. But no matter how...
Leadership Begins With Self: Unlocking Personal Leadership – Part 3
"The most powerful leadership tool you have is your own personal example." – John Wooden. Jeph’s story is one of transformation, resilience, and the power of self-leadership. Rejected by his half-brothers at a tender age for circumstances beyond his control, Jeph’s...